Watch Dog Water Meter
- Description
- This ⅝” disc water meter was made by the Worthington-Gamon Meter Company in Newark, New Jersey. It has a cast iron body and no serial number, and so was probably made during materials restrictions of World War II.
- Object Name
- water meter
- date made
- early 1940s
- maker
- Worthington-Gamon Meter Company
- Physical Description
- cast iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 19.05 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- ID Number
- PH*325892
- accession number
- 245003
- catalog number
- 325892
- subject
- Water Meters
- Measuring & Mapping
- Natural Resources
- Water
- World War II
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Water Meters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- A.A. Hirsch
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